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SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Several thousand Iraqis protested on Friday against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Samarra and other Sunni Muslim strongholds after he moved to sideline two Sunni leaders from his power-sharing government.Iraq faces its worst crisis in a year ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - There are no computers at Maoz Hatorah, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys school on the outskirts of Israel's bustling high-tech commercial hub, Tel Aviv.In the classrooms, English, mathematics and science lessons are kept to a minimum."If we devote our time ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A film about one of thousands of Koranic schools for girls in Syria has shocked some Syrians but impressed others with the implication that one of the bastions of Arab secularism has become a deeply religious society.In "The Light ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on lawmakers on Sunday to withdraw confidence from one of his deputies, as the country's political crisis deepened as US forces completed their withdrawal.Maliki's push for the ouster of Saleh al-Mutlak, a Sunni Arab who described ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Young Jewish settlers behind attacks on Palestinian mosques have shaken Israel by turning violent against its most revered institution, the conscript military.The zealots' escalation from anti-Arab vandalism and arson to a rampage at an Israeli garrison in the occupied ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International has described as "deeply shocking" Saudi Arabia's beheading of a woman convicted on charges of "sorcery and witchcraft," saying it underlined the urgent need to end executions in the kingdom.Saudi national Amina bint Abdul Halim ...

A bus pulls up to a stop in Jerusalem and the waiting crowd divides -- men flock to the front and women to the back, an illustration, activists say, of a disturbing trend of gender segregation.Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the ...

Afghanistan said Sunday the death toll from bombings targeting the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura, which raised fears the nation could face an eruption of sectarian violence, has climbed to 80.The coordinated attacks struck in Kabul and the northern city of ...

KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside mine killed 19 civilians and injured another five when it exploded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Wednesday, the provincial government said.The blast came a day after rare sectarian attacks in three Afghan cities killed ...

Millions flooded Iraq's shrine city Karbala on Tuesday for Ashura rituals on Shiite Islam's most important day, amid tight security after bomb attacks against pilgrims left 28 people dead.Groups of pilgrims walked the streets beating their chests or flaying their backs with ...

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Topic: Middle East

Iraq crisis simmers as Sunni strongholds protest Maliki

Ultra-religious schools test Israel's high-tech future

Film shows spread of conservative Islam in secular Syria

Iraq PM moves to oust deputy as US forces leave

Radical settlers trigger soul-searching in Israel

Amnesty says Saudi beheading for sorcery "shocking"

Israeli activists battle 'growing' sex segregation

Death toll from Afghan holy day bombs reaches 80

Afghan bombs kill 78 in two days

Millions flood Iraq shrine city for Ashura rituals

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